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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Pale green






2. Renowned for paintings and prints






3. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






4. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






5. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






6. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






7. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






8. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






9. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






10. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






11. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






12. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






13. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






14. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






15. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






16. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






17. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






18. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






19. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






20. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






21. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






22. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






23. Where the revolving door was fully developed






24. Something that supports a sculpture






25. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






26. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






27. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






28. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






29. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






30. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






31. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






32. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






33. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






34. Application of potassium sulphide






35. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






36. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






37. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






38. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






39. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






40. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






41. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






42. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






43. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






44. Technique of shading using dots to control value






45. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






46. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






47. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






48. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






49. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






50. Creates blue dye